UID:
almafu_9960966124902883
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 268 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-009-18499-7
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1-009-17035-X
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1-009-18498-9
Content:
Extensively trained as a philosopher, Cicero was also a working politician with a keen awareness of the distance between pure intellectual endeavor and effective strategies of persuasion. This volume explores a series of interrelated problems in his works, from the use of emotion, self-correction, and even fiction in intellectual inquiry, to the motives of political agents and the morality of political arguments, to the means of justifying the use of force in international relations. It features close readings of works from all periods of Cicero's philosophical career, from the threshold of Rome's civil war to the year following the assassination of Julius Caesar. For a richer body of evidence, the volume also makes use of material from Cicero's personal letters and political speeches. Power and Persuasion in Cicero's Philosophy will be essential reading not only in Roman philosophy but also for the political and rhetorical culture of the Roman Republic.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jan 2023).
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Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Note on Texts and Translations -- Introduction -- Part I Techniques and Tactics of Ciceronian Philosophy -- Chapter 1 Cicero on Rhetoric and Dialectic -- 1.1 Dialectical Reasoning and the Ciceronian Speaker -- 1.2 The Role of Example -- 1.3 Rousing the Emotions: A Puzzle -- 1.4 A Deeper Strategy -- 1.5 The Personal Dimension -- Chapter 2 Cicero's Platonic Dialogues -- Chapter 3 Mos dialogorum: Scepticism and Fiction in Cicero's Academica -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Two Editions of the Dialogue -- 3.3 The Rejection of 'Evidentness' (Enargeia) as an Indicator of Truth in the Academica -- 3.4 The Role of 'Evidentness' in Hellenistic Rhetorical Theory -- 3.5 The Production of 'Evidentness' in the Academica -- 3.6 The Dedicatory Letter as a Guide to the Function of the Dialogue Form -- Chapter 4 Nos in diem vivimus: Cicero's Approach in the Tusculan Disputations -- 4.1 A Remarkable Claim -- 4.2 The Argument from Common Sense -- 4.3 Dignitas and Decorum -- 4.4 The Use of Examples -- 4.5 Asking the Correct Questions -- 4.6 Therapeutic Implications -- Chapter 5 Cicero the Philosopher at Work: The Genesis and Execution of De officiis 3 -- 5.1 Panaetius or Cicero? -- 5.2 Research and Engagement with Stoic Authors -- 5.3 Writing Marte nostro: The Ring of Gyges and Epicurus's K.D. 5 -- 5.4 The Ring Revisited -- Part II Political Philosophy and Ethics -- Chapter 6 Iuris consensu Revisited -- 6.1 The Problem -- 6.2 Methodology -- 6.3 Democracy -- 6.4 Aristocracy -- 6.5 Kingship -- 6.6 Ius as 'Justice' or 'Right' -- 6.7 Iuris consensu Again -- 6.8 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 7 The Psychology of Honor in Cicero's De re publica -- 7.1 The Madman's Choice and Its Reward -- 7.2 The Enormous and Destructive Beast -- 7.3 The Value of the Object.
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7.4 The Perils of Popularity: Book 4 and the Corruption of Human Nature -- 7.5 Verecundia and the Planned Society -- 7.6 An Education in Ethics -- 7.7 'A Wish, but not a Desire' -- Chapter 8 Cicero on the Justice of War -- 8.1 The Justice of Going to War -- 8.2 Justice within War -- 8.3 Wars for Glory of Empire and the Fetial Principle -- 8.4 Just Wars and Stoic Justice -- 8.5 Conclusion: The Relevance of Cicero's Theory -- Chapter 9 Towards a Definition of Sapientia: Philosophy in Cicero's Pro Marcello -- Chapter 10 Old Men in Cicero's Political Philosophy -- 10.1 Rome and Sparta in De re publica and De senectute -- 10.2 Political Themes in the Preface to De senectute -- 10.3 The Political Role of the Old -- 10.4 Epilogue -- References -- Index Locorum -- General Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Gilbert, Nathan Power and Persuasion in Cicero's Philosophy Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2022 ISBN 9781009170338
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009170352
